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Definiton: Strong and to the point; convincing

Pos: Adjective

Synonym: convincing

antonym: incoherent

Ex: The defense attorney's claim that her client was out of town during the murder was the most ________ argument that she has presented to date

Cogent

Definition: Urgent; pressing

Pos: Adjective

Synonym: critical

antonym: trivial

Ex: Congress held an impromptu all-night session to discuss the ________ threat or war

Exigent

Definition: test to analyze

Pos: verb

Synonym: None

Antonym: None

Ex= The miner ________ed the cave soil for diamonds and gold

Assay

Definition: Refusing to compromise

POS: Adjective

Synonyms: stubborn

Antonym: obedient

Ex= The principal was unable to come to a satisfying judgement in the teacher debate; as the feuding faculty members were ________

Intransigent

Definition: stir up, to provoke

POS: Verb

Synonyms: urge

Antonym: soothe

Ex= Police were worried that the powerful and angry words of the speaker would ________ the crowd to riot

Incite

Definition: bring back to consciousness again

POS: VERB

SYNONYMS: REVIVE

ANTONYM: NONE

Ex= The firefighters ________ed a man who had been overcome by smoke

Resuscitate

Definition: Showing care of worry

POS: Adjective

Synonyms: eagerness

antonym: unconcerned

Ex= Barry's parents are ________ toward him and show him an immense ammount of love

Solicitous

Definition: make worried and or upset

POS: Verb

Synonyms: agitated

antonym: peaceful

Ex= it ________ed Lou when his daughter did not arrive home after school

Perturb

Defintion: Very excited or upset

POS: Adjective

Synonyms: agitated

antonym: peaceful

Ex= The decade of the 1960s is considered by many scholars to be among the most ________________________ in all of American history

Turbulent

Definition: cloudy, confused

Pos: Adjective

Synonyms: muddled

Antonym: clear

Ex= Gina's unclear ramblings are obviously the result of a ________ mind

Turbid

Definition: an enthusiastic quickness

POS= Noun

Synonyms: eagerness, pep, ready to go

antonym: reluctance

Ex= When asked to evaluate a local stores ice cream, the boys responded with ________ and happiness at the prospect.

Alarcrity

Definition: Speed or quickness

POS= Noun

Synonyms: rapidly

antonym: slowness

Ex= If the residential developments continue to grow with such ____________, local wetlands will be threatened.

Celerity

Unit 2

Definiton: A person with low moral standards and behavior

Pos: noun

Synonym: Ruffian

Ex: Most of the teachers at the school felt that Phil was a __________ who could not be trusted

Degenerate

Definiton: To bring about; to produce

Pos: verb

Synonym: beget

antonym: prevent

Ex: The sudden rise in the cost of fuel ____________ed a high number of firings at the airline companies

Engender

Definiton: related to or coming from the same source; describing words that come from root words

Pos: Adjective

Synonym: related

antonym: dissimilar

Ex: Linguists were baffled by the newly discovered language, which did not seem to be ____________ with any other they knew.

Cognate

Definiton: natural; present from birth

Pos: Adjective

Synonym: intrinsic

antonym: acquired

Ex: While other children needed lessons, Michael Jackson had an __________ talent for song and dance

innate

Definiton: in the act of being born; growing; things not human no heartbeats

Pos: Adjective

Synonym: developing

antonym: mature

Ex: The president triumphantly announced that he had crushed a _____________ rebellion in his own political party before it could get out of control

nascent

Definiton: To change the form or appearance of

Pos: Verb

synonym: transform

antonym: preserve

Ex: Building the golden gate bridge ____________ed the landscape of San Francisco.

transfigure

Definiton: Not real

Pos: Adjective

Synonym: imaginary

antonym: factual

Ex: The movie Shrek takes place in a ___________ kingdom that captures children’s imaginations

fictive

Definiton: To make up or invent; to pretend; faking

Pos: verb

Synonym: fake

Ex: Monica was easily able to _______ shock even though she knew about the surprise party in advance

feign

Definiton: About to bring forth or give birth; pregnant

Think of the word parent

Pos: Adjective

Ex: The naturist wrote that the volcano before him seemed ____________ with all the fires of Earth

parturient

Definiton: Range of works an artist can produce or perform

Pos: Adjective

Ex: For such a young guitarist Rob has a surprisingly large ______________

repertory

Definiton: a kind or type of art

Pos: noun

Synonym: style

Ex: Frankenstein is a good example of a novel of the gothic ________

genre

Unit 3

Definiton: Strongly emotional; fierce and passionate

Pos: Adjective

Synonym: intense

antonym: indifferent

Ex: Bob was ______________ in his opposition to changing the company’s marketing policy

Vehement

Definiton: to attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly against; to rant; ranting

Pos: verb

Synonym: condemn, ranting

Antonym: praise

Ex: The preacher used his Sunday morning sermons to __________ against the declining morality of his congregation

Inveigh

Definiton: To draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess

Pos: verb

Synonym: Hypothesize

antonym: prove

Ex: Although the prosecutor __________ed that money had motivated the killer, he had no evidence to prove it

Surmise

Definiton: The end of existence; The progressive end of existence; death

Pos: noun

Ex: Captain Redbeard spent his evenings plotting the __________ of his hated nemesis

demise

Definiton: Cancel a debt, or refrain from exacting or inflicting

Pos: verb

Ex: After a closer inspection of Hal’s taxes, the IRS decided to _______ the amount due

remit

Definiton: standing for another thing

Pos: adjective

Synonym: symbolic

antonym: unlike

Ex: For immigrants coming to America, The Statue of Liberty was ____________ of the freedom and prosperity of the United States

emblematic

Definiton: of or like a devil; very wicked or cruel

Pos: Adjective

Synonym: fiendish

antonym: admirable

Ex: After splattering the floor with red paint, little Rayna flashed a _________ smile at her teacher

diabolical

Definiton: An exaggeration for effect

Pos: Noun

Ex: When Francene texted us that she would never speak to us again as long as she lived, we assumed she was using a _____________

hyperbole

Definiton: happening in parts or segments; series of

Pos: adjective

Ex: Millions of viewers across the country tuned into the _________ reality TV hit series during its first season on the air.

episodic

Definiton: orderly and regular

pos: adjective

Ex: To be an effective statistician, one must be a ___________ worker who pays close attention to detail

Methodical

Definiton: A council especially of churches or church officials

Pos: noun

Ex: Following the death of a pope, the ________ of bishops meets at St. Peter’s Basilica to elect a new one.

synod

Having to do with the country.

(Pasture), chilling

Ex= Poet Williams Wordsworth works often evoke images of the ___________ english countryside

Pastoral

Anything having to do with farming

(Economic system)

Anything related to farming,

In the early stages of our nation's development the economy was primarily __________

Agrarian

Having to do with country lifes or farms

refers to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and rural life,

Ex: The family was forced to make the switch from ___________ tranquility of their form to the hectic life of New York City

Bucolic

Gathered into a whole; total. Can be crushed rock, clay, broken up concrete, iron etc.

The economist gave the board of directors an interesting presentation on _________ demand for the company's goods

Aggregate

Liking to be with other people. typically the life of the party, loud, proud, having fun, partying

The most important thing to have for a customer service job is a ___________ personality

Gregarious

Standing out sharply as wrong or bad

Ex: The feud between the station and the shows producers was based on an _____________ error in an important report.

Egregious

The act of traveling about; a Journey.

TIP: Think of the fastest bird which is the __________ Falcon

Johnny Appleseeds ________ through the early United States has been the subject of many legends

peregrination

The fulfillment of an effort or desire

The dreams of many people came to __________ on the day the railroad was completed

Fruition

Hard to understand: HAVING A SECRET MEANING

The code expert spent hours attempting to decipher the letters ___________ message

cryptic

Difficult to understand; hidden from understanding Challenging to understand

Paula, an art major found political science a _________ subject

recondite

Coming from an unreliable source; untrue

Fake news

Though many people believe it as a fact, the tale of George Washington and the cherry tree is completely an ________

Apocrophal

a meal; food and drink for a meal

Sometimes referred to as a feast

Because he was on a diet Josh could not enjoy the bounties of the great _______ prepared for Christmas.

Repast

Yielding no positive results

Ken's many hours filling out job applications were___________, landing him no lucrative employment offers

Fruitless

Having to do with the countryside; rural

Rural

The _________ charm of the shepherd's little cottage made us want to stay in the country forever

Rustic

Simple and pleasant

Until the end of his life, Peter treasured the memory of his _______ holiday in the mountains

Idyllic

To leave in a hurry; especially to escape the law

Vincenzo ____________ed with the Mona Lisa under his coat.

Abscond

An opening or a hole

An ___________ in the wall let us peer through into the garden

Aperture

Public; unhidden; open

Presidents have to become more _______ in their decision making since the Nixon era

Overt

Done in a hidden or secret manner

The cia is known for its _____ operations

Covert

The circumstances or setting surrounding an event

In order for us to truely understand the novel, we need to know the _________ in which it was written

Context

The hidden or underlying meaning of something

TIP: This root means under= *ub

Readers searching for a political __________ in the novel will exaust themselves listing the possible references to modern events

Subtext

A stated reason for doing something; an excuse

Dictators often use national unity as a ____________ for oppressing all opposition groups

Pretext

Lit Terms

Lit terms

a tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities

allegory

the repetition of consonant sounds ( Non vowels)

alliteration

a reference to a person, place, or event in a literary work that the writer expects the reader to recognize

allusion

a comparison made between two things that show the similarities between them

analogy

a person or force opposing the protagonist in a drama or narrative. Granny is the ___________ in dvloopers game

antagonist

the direct opposite of something

antithesis

a terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life

aphorism

a figure of speech in which an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something inanimate or non human is addressed directly

apostrophe

in drama, a short speech spoken by a character in an undertone or directly to the audience

aside

the repetition of vowel sounds= A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y

assonance

the emotional mood or quality of a work

atmosphere

a person's account of his or her own life

autobiography

a story told in verse and usually meant to be sung, often about great deeds or important moments

ballad

a four-line stanza with a rhyme scheme of ABCB and commonly used in long poems

ballad stanza

a detailed account of a person's life written by someone else

biography

verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

blank verse

a break or pause in a line of poetry

caesura

a section or part of a long poem

canto

a picture of a person in which striking characteristics of them are exaggerated

caricature

revealing the personality of the character to the audience or reader

characterization

a revival of the styles of Greece and Rome in art and literature

classicism

the decisive point in a narrative or drama; the point of greatest intensity or interest

climax

a literary work that ends happily and is usually funny or light-hearted

comedy

a kind of metaphor that make a comparison between two startlingly different things

conceit

a struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or poem

conflict

an idea or feeling that a word invokes apart from its literal meaning

connotation

the repetition of sounds in groups of words

consonance

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

couplet

the literal dictionary meaning of a word; to interpret a word literally

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denotation

the outcome or resolution of the plot

denouement